Through inner contemplation, Mother Worship
has come to an interpretation of the life of Jesus, that is as closest as possible to the
truth. Since there is no concrete evidence of the "historical Jesus", every
attempt - even an inner approach as ours - is a reconstruction. Hence, we call it the
"Jesus Myth". As a Myth Jesus proves to be a highlight in spirituality though.
It embodies the alpha and the omega of religion. For two thousand years the Father Church
has dominated the world through its myth of Jesus.* It was designed by Paul, with
the aim of using it as a tool to establish a (dominating) world religion. With the result,
that the "historical Jesus" and the Jesus of the Father Church became two
totally different and competing myths. Since the "offical myth" has proved
false, Mother Worship is doing every effort to come closer to the real Jesus.

We believe that Jesus was a gifted spiritual
teacher, a healer and a social reformer. He may have been a member of the Essenes, a
Jewish sect, that was known for its esoteric practices. In countless sayings ** Jesus
proves to be a teacher, guiding people on the spiritual Path. One of his talents was to
adjust his teaching to the level of those who listened to him. More than once he even
openly distinguished between those "who had eyes to see" and who did not. In the
first cases his teachings were very direct - "The Kingdom of Heaven is within and
around you" - and right to the point, while in the second case he used to speak in
parables. Looking at the depths of his sayings, Jesus certainly was an Enlightened One,
indeed one of the great world teachers. This state of Being is characterized by the
recognition of the Divine - the Light - as your innermost core.

** Especially in the apocryphe
(gnostic) gospels, a.o. found at Nag Hammadi.

What makes the Jesus Myth unique though, is
the fact that he went beyond his Self-realization. Somehow, he must have sensed the
limitations of his state of limitless Being. This was certainly due to the fact, that he
lived in a time in which the old religion of the Mother(goddess) was still omni-present.
Jesus himself was a very woman-friendly man, one who publicly as well as in private life
defended the rights of women. Without doubt, he must have been (increasingly) sensitive
for a feminine interpretation of reality. In the Mother religion the Light is not the
Ultimate. From the very beginning the Gods were born out of Her Womb and had to return to
it, according to the (Her) Law of the universe. This myth was deeply engraved in the
culture. One example is that of Tammuz, who died, stayed in the grave for three days,
after which he arose from death. The GodSon takes suffering upon him on behalf of the
people, rejuvenizes life through his death and journey in the underworld and gains victory
over the dark forces through his rebirth. The fact, that Jesus predicted his own death and
resurrection, points at the possibility, that Jesus considered himself an adept of the
Great Mother.

Current speculations point at the fact, that
Jesus might not have died on the cross. Some even claim, that the whole thing has been put
on. They say, that his death and resurrection was only "symbolically". This
doesn't contradict our point of view. Other than the Father Church, for whom the physical
death of Jesus is essential, because of its dogma of "Jesus having saved mankind
through his death on the cross", Mother Worship emphasizes the fact, that Jesus -
physically or symbolically - acknowledged "death and rebirth" as being the
ultimate Law of the universe. This way of looking at Jesus sheds a totally different light
on the beginning of Christianity. Jesus embodies the spiritual Path in its utmost
consequence, in which he emphasizes the original cosmogony, in which the "Light is
born out of Darkness". His whole effort had been to reconcile the old Mother religion
with the patriarchal Logos! This makes him a "conservative revolutionary",
indeed both the heir of the old as well the beginning of the new.

The irony is this. Because of the myth of the
Father Church, the entire Western civilization has been deprived of the possibility of
"death and rebirth". Jesus has been doing this "for us", after all.
The result is an ego, that has been cut off of the possibility of reuniting with the Self
("die"), in order to regenerate itself. Hence, there was no other way, but
blowing itself up. The way back Home - pursuing Self-realization - was being blocked,
therefore, the entire culture had no choice, but going after material goals. The myth of
Mother Worship, however, contains an explosive actuality. To us Jesus is the
representative of the Great Mother, emphasizing the need for everyone to comply with the
Law of the universe. Isn't the accumulation on all levels of existence: spiritually,
psychologically, socially and materially the disease of modern times? Again Jesus
proves the be the savoir here, however, this time not by "dying for us", but
teaching each of us the necessity of dying, in order to become reborn. Isn't that a
miracle?